Canada reach final despite losing a horse

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Foster and Victor will take no further part in the team show jumpingMIKE HUTCHINGS/REUTERS

Jenny MacArthur

Last updated at 5:32PM, August 5 2012

Team manager says equestrian federation needs a ‘sense of perspective’ after disqualifying horse from team show jumping event

There was fury in the Canadian team at the start of the team showjumping
competition in Greenwich Park, when they had to rely on only three riders
after Tiffany Foster’s Victor was ruled out of the competition due to
hypersensitivity in one of his front legs.

After the Beijing Games, where four showjumping horses were disqualified after
proving positive to capsaicin, a banned substance that can have
hypersensitising effects (i.e. hurting the horse’s legs when they touch a
fence) the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), the sport’s ruling
body, brought in stringent new rules.